Machine for making ornamental roofing-strips.



A. S. S'PIEGBL. MACHINE FOR MAKING ORNAMENTAL ROOFING STRIPS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1914.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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wi'lmem UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER s. srmenn, or" care o, rumors.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ORNAMEIITAL ROOFING-STRIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Application'flled April 14, 1914 Serial No. 831,870.

hereinafter described and particularly point-' ed out in-the claim, it being'understocd that I do not intend to limit myself to the details of the different parts of my invention. a The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional end view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with parts in section. Fig. 3 is a view of the roofing fed to the machine. Fig. 4 1s a viewof the product emergin from the machine.

Fig-5 is a view of the nished product.-

In the drawings, the ordinal 1 indicates the roofing material, 2 a rotary punch member carrying cutters 3 and mounted upon a shaft 4. Similarly mountedupon a; shaft 5-; is a rotary die member 6 having openings 7 in its periphery, into which are arranged to extend the cutters 3 ofthe punch 2.- The die 6 has a hub portion'8 upon the strait .5 which has a circular enlargement 9 at one end,,upon which the dieproper'is formedn This construction'provides a space 10 be tween thehub 8. and the die 6 with which the openings. 7 communicate for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

In operation the roofing material is. previously cut into strips, as shown in Fig. 3

in any known manner, and then passed through the machine either singly or in pairs. The roofing is passed between the punch 2 and die 6 where it is acted upon by the cutters 3 of the punch 2, which in entering the openings 7 of the die 6 punch out a portionof the material of a shape as indicated at 11 in Fig. 4. The punched out pieces are pressed through the openin s 7 by the cutters 3 into the space 10 'om whence they fall because of the rotation-.of

the die 6. The strips emerge from the ma chine as shown in Fig. 2 and-when separated theyconstitute the finished product that is illustrated in Fig. 5.

While .I havev mentioned that the roofing material is out into strips previous to being acted upon by the machine, it may not be cut into strips until after the action of the machine upon it, if it. is so desired.

I claim as my invention:

A machine for cutting rectangular openings in a roofing stri consisting of a pair of rolls one above the other, one having punches or cutters projecting from itsp eriphery between the ends thereof and the other being hollow and having openings in its periphery registering with the unches,

both rolls having cylindrical peripheries adapted to contact continuously 'from end to end with the material acted on, and at each 'end throughout their circumferences,

the hollow. roll. havin an inner tapered or conical hub for the dc ivery of the punched out pieces", 'substantiall as described.

In testimony whereo I 'aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER s. .S PIEGEL; v Witnesses I P. (l'Nmnsnn, Jr., M. C. EBICKSON. 

